Improved machine for making mold-candles



A. BLACK.

Candle Mold.'

Patentedy Mal-y2?, 1862.

Witnesses 1 Inventor: www4 of this spcei'cationgin "whichf-L F igure` *1is alplan' )of the machine.

ANDREW BLACK, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

'nvienoyeo Mael-une. Fon MAKING MOLD-CANDLES..

Spccilication forming part of Letters' Patent No. 35,359, dated May 27,1h62.

` To aZl whom -zft may concern.-

Beit `known Ithat5l,ANDREW BLACK, ofthe city, county, andiState of NewYork, have in-v vented a new and Improved Machine for Mal:-v

.glingulloldiandles;and I do'hereby declare l that theffollowlngtsai'ifull, clear, and exact deseriptionolffthc, samefreierence 4`beinghad to the laccompaliying-zglrawings, forming part n H p Fig. 2 isalverticallsectionof 'the same. Fig. 3 is a front' vewfofjthesai' foSiin1larilctt's`-o ference indicate correyspendi ng 'parts im "theIseveral ligurcs.

. Thisinachineicosistsofia horizontal rotat ing tubeidividedradiallytoits center into anynumberofequals"L 'has secured toitrar "or therecept-ion of the molds, and oni on ide of` orl in front of whichissituated aser-ics' of spools, from which,

i -andwa perforated board 'through which, the

wick issupplied tothe molds when the latter are 'brought oppositetotheml by the rotation ot" the table, @the molds beingfdividedverticallyand-centrally for the reception of thc- Wicks and the removalof the candles, and clamps beinglused to receive the wicks from thespoolsl'or their introduction to the molds, and to-retaiu them in themolds before and duringthejpouring ofthe tallowor other nia.'- terialthereinto. f .t

` Toeuable those skilled in thegartzto make 4and use"my`invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

` A represents one of the sections of the horir zontal rotating table,which is supported by thecentral shaft, B. C C is the rack erected uponthe said section A for the support of the molds.,V `The other sectionsof the table are similar toA and-have similar racks erected upon them. i

D D' isa stationary rnckfor the wickspools E E, arranged in front ofthetable and some distance below it. The spools correspond innumber.witlrtlie-caudles to' ,be formed fin a single mold, andarearranged to turn freely on a stationary horizontal spindle, a.

Onithe top offthe rack D D is what I call ther stationary wick board H,arranged horizontally, and having in it a number of holes, l\l, for thepassage of' the'wi-cks corre-- spondingjwiththenumber of spools.

F isone of the molds'contai'ning anynumcavity d, as shown in Fig. 1.represented in red color. v

bei' ot' cavities,lb b, of suitable form for the candles, having itssides grooved at e e to llt and slide ou suitable horizontal ways, mamontheft-ack C C. This mold is divided vertically in agplane passingthrough the centers of all the'cavities b b, and the two parts arefitted together' at the bottom, with tongues c c on one andcorresponding grooves in the other, and one of them is fitted withhorizontal dowels` or tenons f f, t0 lit and pass through holes in theother, and these dowels or tenons have vertical holes for the receptionof pins g g to secure `the two .parts of the mold together. The bottomsof thecavities b b are contracted tov form the tips of the candles, andhave openings/just large enough v for the passage' of `the' wicks. Thetop of the said mold is made with affunnel-like eavity,d, connecting`all the cavie ties b b to conduct the tallow or other candle stock tothemolds and to vreceive any overflow in the filling of th'e said cavities.i

G G are thewiek-clamps, each consisting of two straight half -round barsconnected t0- gether at one end byahinge, h, and fitted with a ring, i,at the other end to secure the wicks between them. These clamps arelongenough to extend across all the cavities b b ol" a mold,

vand recesses jj, for the reception of their ends,

are provided inthe mold at the ends of the The wicks are In operatingthe machine the rotating table is turned by hand or other means to bringthe sections A, one after the other, opposite to the rack D D, wherethey remain for a time stationary for the necessary manipulations,whichare as follows: The ends of the wicks are drawn from their respectivespools E E through the holes l l in the board H, above which they areall secured by a clamp, G. One portion ofV a mold is then placed on theways 'mm of the rack C C, and the clamp G is drawn up and placed in thecavity d of the mold, and the other portion of the mold is then placedin the rack, and the two portions are then brought together, withthetongues c c of the one in the corresponding grooves of the other, andaresecured together bythe insertion of the pins g g in the d'owels ortenonsff. The clamp G now rests in therecessesjj at the ends of thecavity d `of the moldand the melted tallow or stock is their poured into.the mold. When the mold. has been filled, another clampis appouring.

plied to the wicks above the board H, and the wicks are cnty between theboard Gand the bottom of the mold, and the table is turned to bring thenext section A opposite to the rack D D, and on one portion of a moldhaving been placed in the rack C Cof this section the clamp G, lastapplied to the wicks, is lifted up to the top of the mold, the otherportion of l which is then applied as before described, prelatter lnaybe allowed to rest long enough to enable the hardening to be completed.\Vhen hard, the candles areremoved by opening the molds.

To enable the hardening of the candles to be eected quickly, there maybe arranged in suitable relation to the table an ice-house, icebox, orrefrigerator, through which the molds, after being filled, are carriedby the rotation of the table.

By the use of divided molds-such as are herein described-the candles maybe externally ornamentcd or marked in any desirable manner.

Several molds like that represented may be arranged together in eachrack C C and the Whole secured together in a closed condition by one setof fastenings, and these molds may be all supplied with wick from oneset of spools, or a separate set of spools may be provided for each one.

NVhat l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. The combination of a horizontally-rotating moldtable and a series ofwick-spools, E E, arranged in a stationary rack or stand, D,substantially as herein specified.

2. The combination, with the horizontallyrotating mold-table and theseries of wiekspools E E, of a perforated wick-board, H, and a system ofwick-clamps,G G, substantially as herein specified.

3. The employment for molding lcandles of divided molds constructed tooperate substantially as herein described.

4. The arrangement of the molds to slide, ,substantially as hereindescribed, on horizontal racks C C, curved by ahorizontally-rotatingtable.

ANDW BLACK.

Witnesses:

JAMES LAIRD, G. W. REED.

